Feed-table for rods, bars, pipes, &amp;c.



J. T. MOLTRUP; FEED TABLE FOR RODS, BARS, PIPES, 6L0- APPLICATION FILED- JULY 5.19l8.

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FEED-TABLE FOR RODS, BARS, PIPES, 8w.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 5, 1918. SeriaLNo. 243,380.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES T. MoLTRUP, a resident of Beaver Falls, in the county of Beaver and $tate of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Feed-Table for Rods, Bars, Pipes, &c., of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a. plan view of a feed table embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a detail view partly in end elevation and partly in vertical section showing one of the pockets and the parts adjacent thereto;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a portion of the table mechanism; and

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view showing one of the guards or keepers.

My invention has relation to tables upon which rods, bars, pipes or the like may be stored and from which they may be fed for any subsequent operation thereon.

The object of my invention is to provide a table of this character by means of which the rods or other articles may be removed from a table in a rapid and convenient man ner and with a minimum of manual labor.

The nature of my invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which I have shown the preferred embodiment thereof and which will now be described, it being premised, however, that various changes can be made in the details of construction and arrangement of the several parts, without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, as defined in the appended claims.

In these drawings, the numeral 2 designates a plurality of posts orstandards arranged in transverse and longitudinal rows, and to the upper portions of which are secured transversely extending beams 3, which are shown as consisting of channels having their flanged sides placed face't'o face in adjacent spaced relation.

Certain of the standards are formed at their upper portions with pockets 4, open at the top, and which, in the present instance, are shown as of generally circular form. Directly over these pockets and registering with the open top sides thereof, the

beams 3 are cut away, as indicated at 5, to form entrance throats, the pockets extending considerably below the level of the upper surfaceof said beams. Each of these throats is provided with a transversely movable guard or keeper-6, which is arranged-to slide between the webs of the channels'inflthe' manner best shown in Fig. 5.

In the particular table illustrated in the drawings, there are three alined series of the pockets 4, the beams between adjacent series of pockets and also at the upper sides of the side pockets being adapted to support the rods or other articles thereon, as indicated in Fig. 2. The guards or keepers 6 foreach series of pockets are provided with suitable means for simultaneously actuating them. Such actuating means are shown as consisting .of the links 7, one connected to each keeper at one end and at the other end to a crankar'nrS on a longitudinally extending shaft 9, which is provided with an actuating lever 10 at one end.

Placed in line with each series of pockets 5 and at a point which is at the delivery side of the center of the-table is a grooved wheel 11. Each of these wheels is journaled in a yoke 12, which is pivotally secured to a transversely extending shaft 13, journaled on the frame, and which may be rotated by any suitable means, such as the electric motor indicated at 14. The armature shaft of'this motor is shown as driving a worm 15, which meshes with a worm wheel 16, on said shaft 13. The shaft'l'l' of each wheel 11 has a sprocket Wheel 18 thereon, driven by a sprocket belt 19, from the sprocket wheel 20 n the shaft 13. The free end portion of each yoke 12 is supported by a plunger21 (see Fig. '4) which extends into an actuating cylinder 22,having a'connection 23 withany suitable source of motive fluid, not shown. Normally, the yokes '12 and wheels 11 are supported in the position shown in Fig. 4, and in position immediately below the rods which are rolled from the tables into the pockets 4.

In operation, the rods or the like from the adjacent piles are rolled successively, one by one, into the several series of pockets, falling to the bottoms of said pockets through the throats 5. After a rodihas been deposited in each series of pockets, the keepers for that series of pockets are moved across the open top sides thereof, pressure is admitted to the corresponding actuating cylinder 22, and the wheels 11 are thereby elevated, so as to lift the delivery end por- PatentedApr. 1, .191 9.

tion of the rod. The shaft 13 is constantly rotated, and as-soon as the wheel 11 takes the weight of the rod, it immediately acts to feed the rod forwardly and out at the delivery side of the table.

If the next operation is to be a straight. ening operation, the table is so placed with to the table in bunches by means of crane slings, in the usual manner. The labor required to roll them successively into the pockets from which they are delivered is comparatively slight, no lifting of the rods being required, and manual lifting or pulling in delivering the rods from the pockets is obviated.

It will be understood that the number of series of delivery pockets with which any particular table is provided, as wellas the.

number of pockets in each series, will depend upon the requirements in any particular instance.

The arrangement and mode of operation of the guards or keepers and the means for supporting and raising the delivery wheels may be changed and various other changes may be made in the details of construction Y and arrangement within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A feed table for rods, bars, pipes and the like comprising a plurality of spaced apart posts or standards, each of said posts vor standards having therein an open-top pocket in line with a similar pocketin each of the other posts or standards, horizontally extending frame members carried by said posts or standards and extending at right angles to the line of feed, said frame members forming supports at the side of the pocket for the articlesto be fed, and feeding. means, cooperating with said pockets to move the articles endwise therethrough, substantially as described.

2. A feed table of the character described, comprising a frame having a series of alined open top pockets, means for supporting a plurality of articles adjacent the pockets, a vertically movable feed. wheel in longitudinal alinement with the pockets, and means for raising and lowering and for rotating said feed wheel, substantially as described. 3. A feed table for rods, bars, pipes and the like comprising a plurality of spaced apart posts or standards, each of said posts or standards having therein an open-top pocket in line with a similar pocket in each of the other posts or standards, horizontally extending frame members carried by said posts or standards and extending at right angles to the line of feed, said frame members forming supports at the side of the pocket for the articles to be fed, and feeding means cooperating with said pockets to move the articles endwise therethrough, together with guards movable into and out of position across the open tops of said pockets, substantially as described;

4. A feed table for rods, bars, pipes and the like, comprising a frame having means for supporting thereon a plurality of the rods or the like to be fed, and also having open-top pockets arranged in a row adjacent to and substantially parallel with and below the line of support of the rods, and means for lifting the rods in said pockets and moving them endwise through and out of the same, substantially as described.

5. A feed table of the character described, comprising a frame having a series of alined open top pockets, movable guards or keepers for said pockets, and means for simultaneously actuating the guards or keepers, together with means for engaging the articles supported in said pockets to feed them endwise through the same, said means comprising a rotary wheel, means for raising and lowering said wheel, and means for rotating the same, substantially as described.

6. A feed table of the character described, comprising a frame having a series of alined open top pockets, a peripherally grooved feed wheel in longitudinal alinement with the pockets, a vertically movable carrier for said wheel, means for actuating said carrier, and means for rotatingthe wheel, substantially as described. I

7. A feed table for rods, bars, pipes and the like comprising a plurality of posts or standards arranged in rows and having alined open-top pockets, horizontally; ex-

tending supporting members carried by said posts or standards and forming supports at the sides of said pockets for the articles to be fed, and means cooperating with said pockets to move the articles endwise therethrough, said pockets being arranged in a plurality of parallel spaced apart rows, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

JAMES T. MOLTRUP.

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